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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Eichwald (1829): summary
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Complete Citation

Eichwald, E. 1829. Zoologia Specialis quam expositis animalibus tum vivis, tum fossilbus potissimum Rossiae in Universum, et Poloniae in specie... 1. 314 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Glycymeris Eichwald, 1829
‘Lamarck’ Eichwald, 1829. Zool. Spec. Rossiae 1: 279.
‘Lamarck’ Eichwald, 1838. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 11: 169.
(error for Glycimeris Lamarck, 1799)

Attributed Nominal Species

Adacna protracta Eichwald, 1841
Eichwald, 1829. Zool. Spec. Rossiae 1: 283, pl. 5, fig. 9 [as ‘Cardium protractum’].
Eichwald, 1841. Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 7: 280, pl. 40, figs. 10-11.

Cardium crassum Eichwald, 1829
Eichwald, 1829. Zool. Spec. Rossiae 1: 283.
(homonym of Cardium crassum Gmelin, 1791; renamed Cardium eichwaldi Krynicki, 1837)

Corbula caspia Eichwald, 1829
Eichwald, 1829. Zool. Spec. Rossiae 1: 281, pl. 5, fig. 6.

Glycymeris colorata Eichwald, 1829
Eichwald, 1829. Zool. Spec. Rossiae 1: 279, pl. 5, fig. 4.

Glycymeris laeviuscula Eichwald, 1829
Eichwald, 1829. Zool. Spec. Rossiae 1: 279, pl. 5, fig. 1.

Glycymeris plicata Eichwald, 1829
Eichwald, 1829. Zool. Spec. Rossiae 1: 279, pl. 5, figs. 2a-b.

Glycymeris vitrea Eichwald, 1829
Eichwald, 1829. Zool. Spec. Rossiae 1: 279, pl. 5, fig. 3.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cardium crassum n. = Didacna eichwaldi

Cardium edule L. = Cerastoderma edule

Cardium rusticum L.

Cardium trigonoides Pall. = Didacna trigonoides

Corbula caspia n. = Monodacna caspia

Cyclas cornea Lam. = Sphaerium corneum

Cyclas fontinalis Drap. = Euglesa casertana

Cyclas lacustris Drap. = Sphaerium nucleus

Glycymeris [sic] colorata n. = Monodacna colorata

Glycymeris [sic] edentula (Pall.) = Monodacna polymorpha

Glycymeris [sic] laeviuscula n. = Adacna laeviuscula

Glycymeris [sic] plicata n. = Hypanis plicata

Glycymeris [sic] siliqua Lam.

Glycymeris [sic] vitrea n. = Adacna vitrea

Tellina fragilis L.

Tellina radiata L.
 
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